Section 102: Environmental Management.

1 A licensee or lessee who engages in upstream and midstream management petroleum operations shall within—
a one year of the effective date, or
b six months after the grant of the applicable licence or lease, submit for approval an environmental management plan in respect of projects which require environmental impact assessment to the Commission or Authority, as the case may be.

2 The environmental management plan under subsection (1) shall be in accordance with the extant Acts.

3 The Commission or Authority, as the case may be, shall approve the environmental management plan, where—
a it complies with relevant environmental Acts; and
b the applicant has the capacity or has provided for the capacity to rehabilitate and manage negative impacts on the environment.

4 The Commission or Authority, as the case may be, shall in considering the environmental management plan, take into account the policy thrust of the Government regarding environmental protection and management practices.

5 The Commission or Authority, as the case may be, may request for additional information from the licensee or lessee and may direct that the environmental management plan be adjusted in a manner the Commission or Authority may require.

6 The Commission or Authority, as the case may be, may after its approval of an environmental management plan and after engagement with the operator of a licence or lease, call for an amendment of the environmental management plan.

7 Chemicals shall not be utilised for upstream petroleum operations, except the Commission grants an applicable permit and approval.